Barro'sa, a village of Spain, 16 miles SSE. of Cadiz, celebrated in history as the place where General Graham (afterwards Lord Lynedoch), March 5, 1811, with a handful of English troops, succeeded in gaining a glorious victory over the French.
Barro'sa
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 760
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